NEW YORK, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Wix (Nasdaq:
WIX), a leading global SaaS platform to create, manage, and grow an
online presence, today announced the launch of the Accessibility
Wizard, providing Wix users with a step-by-step interactive
solution that detects accessibility content issues on their sites
and guides the user to resolve them.
Over one billion people worldwide rely on web accessibility
features to navigate the internet and access information. According
to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), web accessibility
means tools are designed so that people with disabilities can
perceive, understand, navigate, and interact on the web. However,
many users and professionals aren't aware of how to make their site
accessible or the legal risks associated with an inaccessible
site.
Wix's Accessibility Wizard is available to all Wix users
globally, providing a simple step-by-step solution that instructs
users on how to improve their sites' accessibility. By
activating the Accessibility Wizard, the users' site is scanned and
accessibility issues are detected. Based on those issues, the user
is given guidelines and explanations on how to manually resolve
each issue. In the final step, the site is rescanned to make sure
the issues are resolved and if so, the sites' accessibility is
significantly improved.
"The web is meant to be a place for everyone, and we push our
platform and products to serve this vision," said Nir Horesh, Head of Accessibility at Wix. "As
industry leaders in Accessibility, we're proud to provide our users
with a solution to help them make their websites accessible. Our
dedicated Accessibility team is constantly working to advance
accessibility features for our users and those who visit their
sites. In developing the first-ever Accessibility Wizard, we hope
to encourage our users to build sites that are more inclusive and
that everyone can visit and enjoy."
Wix continuously monitors and updates accessibility features
according to WCAG, the international guidelines for standardized
web content accessibility. Users building sites on Wix are also
advised to check local guidelines to ensure they are compliant
within their country.
Wix provides tools and assistive settings for users to design
accessible sites including accessible templates, full keyboard
functionality, alternative texts, heading tags, site language and
more. The Accessibility Wizard helps users detect and fix
accessibility issues created while adding content and design to
their sites and comes at no additional cost to Wix users.
Wix has received Best Accessibility Lighthouse score for
mobile CMS two years in a row by Web Almanac.
For more information visit www.wix.com/accessibility
About Wix.com Ltd.
Wix is leading the way with a cloud-based website
development platform for over 200 million registered users
worldwide today. The Wix website builder was founded on the belief
that the Internet should be accessible to everyone to develop,
create and contribute. Through free and premium subscriptions, Wix
empowers millions of businesses, organizations, artists, and
individuals to take their businesses, brands and workflow online.
The Wix Editor, Wix ADI, Editor X, a curated App Market, Ascend by Wix and Velo by Wix enable
users to build and manage a fully integrated and dynamic digital
presence. Wix's headquarters are in Tel
Aviv with offices in Austin, Be'er Sheva, Berlin, Cedar Rapids, Denver, Dnipro, Dublin, Kiev,
Los Angeles, Miami, New
York, Phoenix, San Francisco, São Paulo, Tokyo and Vilnius.
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